Vietnam Flag

Originally, Vietnam flag was adopted as the national flag of North Vietnam known as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on November 30, 1955 and was later accepted as the national flag of Vietnam on July 2, 1976 after Vietnam War.

Flag of Vietnam

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The national flag of the socialist republic of Vietnam has a red background with a five-pointed yellow star at the center. There have been multiple
interpretations of the peculiar design of the flag.

Earlier, red was interpreted as representative of the independence struggle of Vietnam and yellow was taken to be the color of Vietnamese
people with the figure of five-pointed star showing 5 traditional divisions of the people including scholars, peasants, craftmen, merchants and soldiers.

After the establishment of communist rule in Vietnam, red was considered to represent the revolution of the working class and yellow star was defined as representing the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Official Name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Capital: Hanoi

Location: Vietnam is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.